Show CONITS HUB WOR washington county may alay have them if willing to stand all transportation expenses state capitol salt lake city september 20 1920 mr air W W pres grand canyon highway corn coin hurricane utah attention C D petty sec see der sir answering your wire of september as follows can convict labor be procured this winter to work on highway to connection zion national park and grand canyon as outlined in convention which you attended here last june nine counties directly interested write or wire suggestions IV W pres zion park to grand canyon highway coin committee C D B petty sec see I 1 beg to advise that I 1 submitted the matter to the state road commission at its meeting today and wish to inform you as follows the experience of the past has convinced the commission that conict aock at such a great distance from the base of supplies la is not very profitable owing to the cost of transportation of materials and the further tact fact th atthe be convicts do not really accomplish as much work as the man who demands a days salary the commission is perfectly willing however to make provisions for the convicts to do the work providing your committee can see its way clear to meet all expenses in connection with the transportation of the J convicts supplies etc no doubt some of your citizens will be in this city in the near future and it if they will call at the capitol we will be pleased to confer with you further and also to do everything in our power to assist in our good work very respectfully harden bennion Benn lon secretary of state |